This long rumored book has at last arrived, and it's a doozy! Packed with rare photos, unheard anecdotes, classic comics, and much, much more – including an assortment of Fantagraphical comics created especially for this volume, by the likes of Simon Hanselmann, Joe Daley and many others – this compendium traces the forty year history of Fantagraphics from its founding as a publisher of a comics newspaper titled The Nostalgia Journal – which was quickly retitled The Comics Journal – designed to complement, compete with or crush – depending on who is talking – The Buyer's Guide for Comics Fandom, back in 1976, to the sprawling empire of fine comics publishing that it is today. This book is a real treasure trove for long time Fantagraphics fans.